Hypofractionation: Contracting or Expanding Disparities in the Receipt of Radiation Therapy?

The article presents the discussion on stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for patients with lung cancer and decreasing access to proton therapy by race and socioeconomic status. Topics include significant influence on access to radiation oncology centers where studies showing the radiation oncology facilities primarily centered in metropolitan and urban areas; and patients living at an increased distance from radiotherapy centers being less likely to undergo needed radiotherapy.